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razor
[ rey-zer ]
noun
- a sharp-edged instrument used especially for shaving the face or trimming the hair.
- an electrically powered instrument used for the same purpose.
verb (used with object)
- to shave, cut, or remove with or as if with a razor.
razor
/ ˈ°ù±ðɪ³úÉ™ /
noun
- a sharp implement used esp by men for shaving the face
- on a razor's edge or on a razor-edgein an acute dilemma
verb
- tr to cut or shave with a razor
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of razor1
Idioms and Phrases
- on the razor's edge, in a difficult or precarious position.
More idioms and phrases containing razor
see sharp as a tack (razor) .Example Sentences
We meet Selena, a goth “content creator†with green streaks in her hair, a razor blade earring and a spiked choker, who would like to look more approachable, like Alicia Silverstone in “Clueless.â€
With Donald Trump’s return to power, this great White Republican elephant is covered in broken glass, razor wire and spikes.
Midwives resorted to cutting the umbilical cords of newborn babies with a razor blade, the string from a facemask serving to tie them off, Glia medical aid coordinator Dorotea Gucciardo told Salon in October.
"We didn't scale a wall. There is a mountain near it which we climbed over. And there's a razor wire which the donker cut through," he said.
By the end of Lynch’s run Magellan was a behemoth struggling to eke out “a razor thin margin of victory,†as investment commentator William Bernstein put it.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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